Stickman Fly Rods.

StickmanFly Rods are designed and made in Europe and bring the ethos of European fly fishing to the website. These rods are the ultimate example of the innovation and quality that are hallmarks of the best of the modern European rod makers (I’m especially excited by their Nymphing rods!). The diverse range of rods offered by Stickman reflect the wide variety of fishing and fishing styles available and practised on mainland Europe. The current rod range consists of an 8 foot 4 weight rod, 9 foot 5, 6 and 8 weight rods and a 10 foot 2 ins 0 weight Nymph rod. All rods are 4 piece, and more models will be added to the range soon. You can find full details below. About Stickman Fly Rods by Szmutni Ákos: "Why would anyone establish a company in 2013 producing high-end fly rods when the market is flooded with great products? The truth is Sage, G-Loomis, Orvis, Winston, Thomas&Thomas, Scott and a lot of other companies build really nice rods we would happily fish any time. That is a tough one to answer but with the help of our design team in Spain we are able to do things with graphite that only a few others on the planet can. Add the input, experience and craftsmanship of the manufacturing and the pro team members and we have the potential to build rods unique on the market. Research and development gave birth to prototypes that we thought were better than any other rods out there. So no matter how irrational it may have looked we had no choice:We just had to…All our rods are hand built one at a time and endlessly customisable. Please make an inquiry on availability and on custom options before placing your order."Reviews:Both Magnus Angus at Fly Fishing and Fly Tying and Marc Fauvet at The Limp Cobra have written brilliant reviews of the Stickman Evil Black 9 foot 5 weight rod. You can read what they had to say by clicking the links below:

Please Note: Initially rods will only be available to order. Rods ordered will be shipped direct from Stickman in Hungary. Shipping charges have been incorporated into the list prices shown. Stickman rods are made one at a time and are endlessly customisable; Please ASK for current availability, or for custom options.

Demo P4 StealthandP5 Evil BlackRods are available; if you want to try one, please get in touchStickman Warranty:“If you are dissatisfied with any of our products for any reason please return them within 14 days upon receipt in unused condition (with an intact plastic cover on the cork grip) for a full refund of your purchase. Go out, cast or fish them with care. If you don't like them (what we seriously doubt) we give your money back. We repair breakages caused by a manufacturing defects for no cost. These breakages occur in the first few casts.Any other breakages will all be repaired for a fair price. We will replace any of the top three sections for 50 euros plus shipping, the butt section for 80 euros plus shipping. We feel this is on a par with many manufacturers "life time guarantees”.For repairs please send the rod back (all sections) in a rod tube.”

The Stickman Rod Team

The Stickman Rod Team all know there stuff and are technically, practically and aesthetically very capable and they produce elegant extremely well designed and fishable fly rods. If you’d like to go into the technical details of the CSS and MOI data for their rods click HERE to visit their Blog page.

Stickman say: “We build rods not rod series! What we do is develop and fine tune every single rod model until we find it perfect for the application we had in mind while designing it. We don’t even try to build rods with exactly the same attributes in different line weights.No game changers here! We like the game as it is. We just build the best possible rods using the best raw materials and components to maximize the performance (and the looks) of the final product. No shortcuts, no cost-effectiveness. We grab and use what we think is the best.All our rods are offered in three different colour and component combinations so you will have the chance to choose one that fits your preferences.”

Sounds like a good plan to me!

SZMUTNI ÁKOS

ALEJANDRO VIÑUALES

GAMPEL ISTVÁN

HÁRSÁGYI PÉTER

Tab 1

Ákos started fishing at the age of 6. Decades later, after fishing most every method used in his part of the world, he stuck with fly fishing. He prefers to fish big rivers and lakes like the Danube, the Tisza or the Balaton, most often chasing pike, zander and asp but he is not a stranger to trout, grayling or saltwater fly fishing either. As the author of the first Hungarian-written book on fly fishing and a IFFF certified Master Casting Instructor, Ákos tries to introduce the sport to as many people as possible. He is also the vice-president of the Association of Hungarian Fly Fishers, a group of fly fishermen dedicated to the promotion of our sport. As the owner of Stickman Rods he is responsible for product design, marketing, production and customer service as well.

Tab 2

Alejandro was born in 1960 in Toledo, Spain. He has been living in Asturias for 20 years now, in the region where the most important salmon rivers of Spain flow.
He worked first as schoolteacher and environmental manager, and spent 30 years studying everything about fly fishing. He is a contributor of the most important Spain fly fishing magazine (Danica), and the author of the best selling spanish fly fishing book (Introduction to Fly Fishing) He was one of the founders of the spanish fly casting instructors program PAIL in collaboration with Mel Krieger. He is member of the spanish national fly casting comission (Comisión Nacional de Lanzado) and PAIL Master Instructor as well as FFF MCI and founding member of the Divulgation and Teaching of the fly Casting Association (Asociación para la Divulgación y la Enseñanza del Lanzado a Mosca) where he is currently chairman.
His interest in fly casting led him to investigate the physics of it and made him interested in rod and line design. After some initial tests with bamboo rods he joined the company CDL Fly in 2002 and created his own rods modifying blanks manufactured by the Italian company Modern Flies. Later he worked at Modern Flies, where he learned the secrets of making the finest blanks. In 2009 CDL Fly purchased the Modern Flies factory, and Alejandro became Maxia Rods’s designer and production manager, where he designs and builds the Stickman blanks to our specifications.

Tab 3

Gampi was born in Keszthely, an idillic small town next to the Lake Balaton. He's been chasing fish since he could walk. Fish and water have influenced his choice of education too, he is a fishing technician. He has been in the fishing industry for more than 20 years now. At first as a shop owner and later as a custom rod builder. Rod building is a passion for him, he constantly strives to reach perfection in everything he does. Apart from fly fishing and rod building he is also a keen fan of old english made tackle and fishing magazines. His workshop in his hometown is a known gathering place for like-minded fisherman.

Tab 4

Péter is our art director, and creative marketing specialist. He has worked on the advertising field more than a decade, as a designer, art director and creative director. He designs our logos, rod stickers, ads and yet-to-sell clothing. We consult him in every question regarding aesthetics and marketing. His passions are photography, playing drums, and travel. He is a die hard fisherman since his early childhood. He fished all over the world, the Balkan, Sweden, Mongolia, Mauritius, Venezuela, South-Africa, Sri Lanka, etc. He loves most to fish on unexplored waters, in close contact with locals. His home waters are the Balaton and the Danube where he chases asp with both single and double handed rods. There is a special place in his heart for the river Drina, where grayling and huchen are the target species. He also suffers the symptoms of GAS (gear acquisition syndrome), especially new rods can weaken the temporary effects of precarious cure...

Nymph Rod N0̸

THE N0̸ BLANK:“Why would anyone want a zero weight rod? If you use European nymphing techniques (Czech, Polish, French or Spanish) even a 2 weight is too stiff for lobbing tiny weighted nymphs or even double and triple nymph rigs. Your fishing will be enhanced with a much better drift control by using a rod that is sensitive enough to place the nymphs wherever and at the depth that you want.Will you have problems playing the hooked fish? No, these rods are not zero weight strong but zero weight sensitive. They are insanely light in the hand and very responsive so you will get a lot of feedback while your nymph or nymphs are bouncing on the the river bottom. I have to admit that I only used these nymphing techniques when conventional long line methods were impossible to perform effectively but since I have this rod I enjoy them just as much as any other way of fly fishing.For sure, they are not for chasing tarpon or GT but you will be able to play 99% of the trout or grayling you hook in a fast and effective manner.These Evil Blacks are a bit different than those with the same name of the other line weights. As there are no black guides on the market that are light enough for these rods, the N0̸ Evil Black has natural finish thin wire Recoils and a matching stripping guide. We added two new colour combinations to the existing ones available in the following options…” (See Images Below)

Two different N0̸ Nymph colour and component combinations with options are offered; FOREST and EVIL BLACK.

The Evil Black: These Evil Blacks are a bit different than those with the same name of the other line weights. As there are no black guides on the market that are light enough for these rods, the N0̸ Evil Black has natural finish thin wire Recoils and a matching stripping guide. We added two new colour combinations to the existing ones:

Please Note: Initially rods will only be available to order. Rods ordered will be shipped direct from Stickman in Hungary. Shipping charges have been incorporated into the list price below. Stickman rods are made one at a time and are endlessly customisable; Please ASK for current availability, or for custom options.

Demo P4 StealthandP5 Evil BlackRods are available; if you want to try one, please get in touch.

P4 Rods

THE P4 BLANK:“A small river, mayflies hatching at sunset and trout feeding on the surface. For many, a scene like this is probably the first thing that comes to mind when we hear the words fly fishing. The 8 foot long P4 is the rod for these situations. The P4 performs best in the casting range of 6 to 15 meters (20 to 50 feet). It is a medium action presentation rod that delivers relaxed casting strokes perfect for delicately painting the dry flies on the surface of a stream. But it is not restricted to dry fly fishing: we also use it for nymphs and even smaller streamers with great success. It is a truly special rod, a reward for those that deserve something special.

All our rods are hand built one at a time and endlessly customisable. Please make an inquiry on availability and on custom options before placing your order.”

Three different P4 colour and component combinations with options are offered; STEALTH, FOREST and EVIL BLACK.

The Stealth is pure elegance and understatement. The cloud grey wraps and the sky blue edging matches the smoke reel seat beautifully.The Evil Black: "Are you a real bad boy? A villain who wants to spread fear amongst fish and fellow fisherman? Look no further! If Darth Vader had a fly rod this would be the one. The color black dominates with gorgeous red ferrule trimming to give it that final Evil touch.These Evil Blacks are a bit different than those with the same name of the other line weights. As there are no black guides on the market that are light enough for these rods, the P4 Evil Black has natural finish thin wire Recoils and a matching stripping guide."The Forest: Sporting a lovely brown wrapping combined with burnt orange edging, a black reel seat with wooden spacer, the P4 Forest has a more traditional look.

Please Note: Initially rods will only be available to order. Rods ordered will be shipped direct from Stickman in Hungary. Shipping charges have been incorporated into the list price below. Stickman rods are made one at a time and are endlessly customisable; Please ASK for current availability, or for custom options.

Demo P4 StealthandP5 Evil BlackRods are available; if you want to try one, please get in touch.

P5 Rods

THE P5 BLANK:“How many rods will you have in your hand while standing in waist-deep water 3 miles from your car? Yes, most likely only one. Specialized rods are great, especially if you know exactly what challenges you will face on the water. But if you are exploring new territories or your home water offers a wide variety of unpredictable fishing situations you are better off having something that does everything well. That is what the P5 blanks were designed for.This rod excels in average fishing distances from 5 to 20 meters. The med-fast action and the lightning fast recovery helps you cast easily and precisely. Presenting a no.18 CDC is just as easy as chucking a heavily weighted streamer to 20 metres.So can it cast far? Sure it can. The sweet point of this rod is not distance chasing but fishing though.”

Three different P5 colour and component combinations with options are offered; STEALTH, FOREST and EVIL BLACK.

The Stealth: is pure elegance and understatement. The cloud grey wraps and the sky blue edging matches the smoke reel seat beautifully.The Forest: Sporting a lovely olive green wrapping combined with copper edging, a black reel seat with zebrawood spacer, the P5 Forest has a more traditional look.The Evil Black: Are you a real bad boy? A villain who wants to spread fear amongst fish and fellow fisherman? Look no further! If Darth Vader had a fly rod this would be the one. The color black dominates with gorgeous red ferrule trimming to give it that final Evil touch.The original idea for this color combination came from Marc “the Limp Cobra” Fauvet.

Please Note: Initially rods will only be available to order. Rods ordered will be shipped direct from Stickman in Hungary. Shipping charges have been incorporated into the list price below. Stickman rods are made one at a time and are endlessly customisable; Please ASK for current availability, or for custom options.

Demo P4 StealthandP5 Evil BlackRods are available; if you want to try one, please get in touch.

T6 Rods

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THE T6 BLANK:“The T6 blank: If you are looking for a 6wt rod that is capable of taming big trout but has the sensitivity to present smaller dries and nymphs, don’t look any further. We managed to build a balanced blank that still gives you plenty of feedback when casting a short line but at the same time it will make your life easier when you're trying to reach that big fish on the other side of the river. It is lighter in the hand than most 5wt rods you'll find but has unexpected power reserve in the butt section. We use this rod for a lot of different types of fishing: chucking streamers to big trout, bass, asp or zander, using multi-nymph rigs or presenting bigger dries. It is a very versatile rod: you can use it with 5, 6 or if you have a smooth casting style even with 7wt lines without any problems. This will give you countless opportunities to fish the rod in a number of different situations. Given the sensitivity of these blanks some people might think that they are not powerful enough to reach serious distances. Well, here is the video to prove that is not so”

Three different T6 colour and component combinations, with options are offered; Stealth, Deep Blue and Evil Black.

The Stealth is pure elegance and understatement. The cloud grey wraps and the sky blue edging matches the smoke reel seat beautifully.The Deep Blue is a bit more colourful compared to the Stealth. The sky blue wraps and the black edging give the rod a unique modern look.The Evil Black: Are you a real bad boy? A villain who wants to spread fear amongst fish and fellow fisherman? Look no further! If Darth Vader had a fly rod this would be the one. The color black dominates with a gorgeous red ferrule trimming to give it that final Evil touch.The original idea for this colour combination came from Marc “the Limp Cobra” Fauvet.

Please Note: Initially rods will only be available to order. Rods ordered will be shipped direct from Stickman in Hungary. Shipping charges have been incorporated into the list price below. Stickman rods are made one at a time and are endlessly customisable; Please ASK for current availability, or for custom options.

Demo P4 StealthandP5 Evil BlackRods are available; if you want to try one, please get in touch.

T7 Rods

THE T7 BLANK:The T7 was designed with the simple goal of filling the gap between the T6 and T8. At first, we wanted to build a rod that had a very similar action to those two rods. But the T7 took on a life of its own. It is a rod with serious character.The T7 is our fastest action rod so far. It has a very flexible tip but the mid section is stiffer than the T6. As we tested the T7, we considered modifying it to give it a bit of deeper bend, but we had so much fun fishing it that we decided to leave it as it is. The transition between the tip and the mid section is very smooth. When fighting fish or casting a lot of line it has a very sweet, even, progressive bend to the butt section. Recovery is lightning fast.It is a rod that will find a lot of use: seatrout at the Baltic coast, bonefish at the Caribbean, trout in English reservoirs, bass and redfish in the US, asp and zander in Middle-Europe, the list is endless. One thing is for sure: this rod is unique.

Three different T7 colour and component combinations, with options are offered; Stealth, Deep Blue and Evil Black (see below).

The Stealth is pure elegance and understatement. The cloud grey wraps and the sky blue edging matches the smoke reel seat beautifully.The Deep Blue is a bit more colourful choice compared to the Stealth. The sky blue wraps and the black edging give the rod a unique modern look.The Evil Black: "Are you a real bad boy? A villain who wants to spread fear amongst fish and fellow fisherman? Look no further! If Darth Vader had a fly rod this would be the one. The color black dominates with a gorgeous red ferrule trimming to give it that final Evil touch.The original idea for this color combination came from Marc “the Limp Cobra” Fauvet."Price: €689

Please Note: Initially rods will only be available to order. Rods ordered will be shipped direct from Stickman in Hungary. Shipping charges have been incorporated into the list price below. Stickman rods are made one at a time and are endlessly customisable; Please ASK for current availability, or for custom options.

Demo P4 StealthandP5 Evil BlackRods are available; if you want to try one, please get in touch.

T8 Rods

THE T8 BLANK:“Bonefish, seatrout or pike, you name it! Presenting a Gotcha 20 feet or casting a big Bunny Bug as far as you can, this rod will master both tasks with grace.Both swing weight and overall weight are extremely low to keep you casting the whole day long without fatigue. The sensitive tip has a very smooth transition to the stiff middle and butt section. Tip recovery is very fast.”

Three different T8 colour and component combinations, with options are offered; Stealth, Deep Blue and Evil Black.

The Stealth: is pure elegance and understatement. The cloud grey wraps and the sky blue edging matches the pewter reel seat beautifully.The Deep Blue: is a bit more colourful choice compared to the Stealth. The sky blue wraps and the black edging give the rod a unique modern look.The Evil Black: Are you a real bad boy? A villain who wants to spread fear amongst fish and fellow fisherman? Look no further! If Darth Vader had a fly rod this would be the one. The colour black dominates with a gorgeous red ferrule trimming to give it that final Evil touch.The original idea for this colour combination came from Marc “the Limp Cobra” Fauvet.

Please Note: Initially rods will only be available to order. Rods ordered will be shipped direct from Stickman in Hungary. Shipping charges have been incorporated into the list price below. Stickman rods are made one at a time and are endlessly customisable; Please ASK for current availability, or for custom options.

Demo P4 StealthandP5 Evil BlackRods are available; if you want to try one, please get in touch.

Ordering and Reel Seat Options

HOW TO ORDER:Please choose your desired rod model and finish below. Then you can choose your preferred reel seat from those listed, enter your choice into the box below and then add it to your order.Prices (inclusive of shipping):Nymph N0̸, P4, P5 and T6 Rods: €679, T8 Rods €689